Garage depth for RZ2 with swing tongue?

[robert theisen]

Thanks Ewok. We are building a new house here in Texas. We plan on building a 26' deep garage with a 12' ceiling and we're wondering what height door to put up. We have a Boatmate trailer and the tower camera.

[Ewok]

Does the tower camera fold inside like the tow point does, to flip the light up? If so then you'll be ok with a 10' door I think. I measured mine from the top of the nav light, with a level to the side of the boat and down to the garage door and it's just shy of 10". I'd go for a 10'6" door because of variations in builders, door trim, garage doors that might not completely open to the top of the door frame, and garage door sills or gaskets at the bottom of the door. Better to clear it by 6.5" than miss it by an inch.

[Iwndr]

Does the tower camera fold inside like the tow point does, to flip the light up? If so then you'll be ok with a 10' door I think. I measured mine from the top of the nav light, with a level to the side of the boat and down to the garage door and it's just shy of 10". I'd go for a 10'6" door because of variations in builders, door trim, garage doors that might not completely open to the top of the door frame, and garage door sills or gaskets at the bottom of the door. Better to clear it by 6.5" than miss it by an inch.

Agreed, If you are building go for a 10'6" door or Arch the opening and bump the third stall out to 30' deep. If it is a third stall also have them make it a 9' or 10' wide door opening. Makes it much easier to back in than the standard 8' stalls. Since I back it in myself because everyone bails out and heads in the house the second we hit the driveway

[robert theisen]

We're going to build a 26' X 36' garage so I think I'll be OK with the depth. I like the idea of the wider door.We have a 12' wide shed now so I like that width.

[What she said]

My Road Runner trailer (POS), was something like that 23" past the tip of the boat (with the tongue out of the way). I had them make it shorter, and i think im about 13" sticking out past the boat with the swing away tongue out of the way- after i had them rebuild the front of the trailer.

It's all going to come down to the trailer. With the swim platform off the taps plate sticks out about 1-1.5" past the rub rail.

boat with swim platform OFF 22ft 2" plus the distance from tip of the boat to tip of trailer (with the tongue out of the way)

[Ewok]

I have heard, on good authority, that pickle fork boats need a longer tongue so that the boat doesn't hit the tow vehicle when going around a tight turn.

[boardman74]

The trailer on my RZR(Pickle fork) folded so the front of the boat was the furthest point forward. That was a 13 boat mate single axle. Can't comment on the 2014 Tandem under the new RZR as we haven't brought it home yet.

[Carter13]

I have heard, on good authority, that pickle fork boats need a longer tongue so that the boat doesn't hit the tow vehicle when going around a tight turn.

This is true but the trailer can have the pivot point under or at the boats bow. The tongue just needs to be longer to extend the distance.
Well I just made no sense there. I read too fast and thought you were referring to your trailer.

[Ewok]

This is true but the trailer can have the pivot point under or at the boats bow. The tongue just needs to be longer to extend the distance.
Well I just made no sense there. I read too fast and thought you were referring to your trailer.

No worries, I was referring to the distance between the boat and the tow vehicle, and the way to do that is with a longer tongue. My Road Runner (POS) trailer accomplishes this with a longer trailer frame than the 22Ve and a standard (?) length tongue. I just thought it was an interesting FYI, something I hadn't thought about before this thread. My last boat did not have a fold away tongue and it was pretty long. It was a 30' trailer for a 22.5' boat.

[Ochrod]

I'm building a 24' wide by 30' deep garage to hold 2011 RZ2. This is good information as I have not been able to get a good measurement. I planned on 11' high door but could save some money going to 10'6" so may do that. May just do one big door at 18' wide.

[mls6722]

22" from the front of the boat to the tip of the trailer.

Here is the Ve for comparison - explains the 18" - IMG_00000034.jpg